Book Review: “Who’s Raising the Kids?” by Susan Linn
In “Who’s Raising the Kids?” Susan Linn’s searing indictment of corporate greed, tech companies targeting children are rivaled only by the lawmakers who let them get away with it.
Andrew Sean Greer on His New Novel, ‘Less Is Lost’
Andrew Sean Greer was elated, if a little confounded, when his 2017 novel “Less” received the award. Now he’s following it with a sequel, which he knows might raise some eyebrows. So what if it’s unseemly?
Review: “Lessons,” by Ian McEwan
In “Lessons,” the hero is seduced by his piano teacher when he’s 14, then abandoned by his wife while he passively watches history unfold. Are these events connected?
Book Review: ‘I’m the Girl,’ by Courtney Summers
In her Y.A. thriller “I’m the Girl,” Courtney Summers uses a murder mystery to explore pressing questions about female empowerment.
Book Review: “Dinners With Ruth,” by Nina Totenberg
In her memoir, “Dinners With Ruth,” the NPR journalist writes about their parallel ascents in fields that were not friendly to women.
Review: ‘Two Nurses, Smoking,’ by David Means
In his new collection, “Two Nurses, Smoking,” David Means derives power from revealing the workings of his craft.
Book Review: “Blood & Ink” by Joe Pompeo
In “Blood & Ink,” Joe Pompeo explores the gory Hall-Mills case and the tabloid nation it spawned.
Review: ‘My Phantoms’ and ‘First Love,’ by Gwendoline Riley
Gwendoline Riley’s novels “My Phantoms” and “First Love” consider the sway and scourge of family ties.
Book Review: ‘Flush,’ by Bryn Nelson
A comprehensive study of human waste one writer explores the possibilities — for global health, inside every flush.
From Nigeria to the United States — and to the Future
Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi’s novel in stories unfolds across centuries, continents, political parties and a tight group of friends.
Review: “The Storm Is Here,” by Luke Mogelson
At a time of social turmoil, Luke Mogelson’s “The Storm Is Here” explores how we got to this point.
The Football Players Who Fought and Died in World War II
In “The Mosquito Bowl,” Buzz Bissinger examines the Pacific theater through the lives of several athletes who served.
Javier Marías, to Many the Greatest Living Spanish Novelist, Dies at 70
A regular nominee for the Nobel, his books were as popular as they were lauded, filled with themes of mystery, betrayal and the moral weight of the past.
Opening Old Wounds as the Man Who Warned About the Holocaust
In the solo play “Remember This,” David Strathairn portrays Jan Karski, a witness to the Nazi genocide during World War II.
Review: ‘Catholicism: A Global History From the French Revolution to Pope Francis,’ by John T. McGreevy
John T. McGreevy’s exhaustive “Catholicism: A Global History From the French Revolution to Pope Francis” explains how debates within the church got so fierce.
Review: ‘Sugar Street,’ by Jonathan Dee
Very hard, if Jonathan Dee’s new novel, “Sugar Street,” is any guide.
Review: ‘Life’s Work,’ by David Milch
“Life’s Work” is a memoir of outrageous youth, creative obsessions and ruinous habits.
The Cartoonist Kate Beaton Found Humor, and Humanity, in Canada’s Oil Fields
Kate Beaton headed to the tar sand fields of Alberta saddled with loans and in need of cash. She found a job — and the book she “was always going to make.”
Home at Last in the Wind, Rain and Isolation of the North Sea Coast
A writer escapes the usual expectations by leaving the city for a house of her own in rural Denmark.
Diane Noomin, Who Helped Bring Feminism to Underground Comics, Dies at 75
Her best-known creation was a sendup of a certain kind of female stock character. But Ms. Noomin rendered her with compassion, and used her to tell important stories.
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